Reminds me of a good friend who recently passed away at 98 years old.
they still do that today any time a us navy ship comes into pearl harbor.. ... sometimes even a foreign navy ship renders honors..... it;s an awesome thing to see and one i never get tired of......
true.... my sunday school teacher was still in elementary school when she saw the attack begin... and she recently turned 90.....
Yes.
i think some historians even consider world war 1 to be part of the modern age... because it involved weapons and technology that are still in use today..... ..but if people are still alive that can remember an event then they definitely consider it modern as it can still be having direct effects on todays events and decisions through those people who rememebr..... .....once they are all gone it will have secondary effects through people who were influenced.. raised.. or educated by the direct witnesses... ....
When my parents were born, the American Civil War was 80 years in the past. My grandkids are in school right now and will be learning about WW2 from about the same perspective as my parents did about the Civil War! They will be amazed that I actually knew men who served during WW2 including a handful who were still on active duty when I joined the Navy in the 80s!
Correct. In terms of technology (as you alluded), the Civil War is considered the first “modern” war, although much of the technology didn’t actually appear until the last year or so of the war. Don’t forget, submarines appeared in that war, although very antiquated by modern standards.
Just out of curiosity, why around the year 1500?
it;s kinda like that now with me.... when i hear my sunday school teacher talk about life around the time of world war 2 it is a lot like little house on the prarie... . she grew up in a plantation house on land still being used to grow sugar cane... ...some of the quaint old houses are still here in various honolulu neighborhoods... but the plantations are gone and those houses are surrounded by high rises.... the church she stood in front of and watched when the pearl harbor attack began could have fit right into the little house on the prarie movie set... ... it;s very hard for people in my generation to relate or even imagine what it must have been like back then - when most of the technology we take for granted did not exist... ....
I was asked to teach this coming Wednesday service. Typically, what I do is teach from a passage I have recently read during my own quiet time. I'm just beginning the book of Judges and thought chapter two would make for a good study. As I delved into the passage, the desire to give context took me to Joshua 24. Between these two chapters, there are some places named, namely, Shechem, Bochim (Bethel) and Gilgal. Each of these places are significant in the history of Israel at the time of Joshua and the Judges. These places were called out as places where God affirmed His covenant with Israel. The Israelis were to keep these places as monuments to His faithfulness. Their history is to be a reminder to the nation of their heritage. Your experiences on the island of Oahu are a perfect illustration of some of the points I want to make. Bless you.
when the battleship missouri was decommissioned and brought to pearl harbor it was moored right behind the arizona memorial.... . the intent was to show where world war 2 officially started... (at least for the united states).... and the ship on whose decks it officially ended.... ...and it does a great job of serving as a reminder and also instilling national pride.... ....... but there was one objection to the idea from the moment it was first conceived..... a group led by officials from japan... assisted by some local japanese americans.. tried to say bringing the missouri here would be seen as an insult to japanese tourists..... ironically some of the objection came from the national park service itself who manages the memorial and the visitor center... . they were afraid the missouri would garner too much attention and overshadow the message they wanted to tell about the the arizona and the "day of infamy".....
most of them around town are not in that good of condition.... .and some are dilapidated and condemned.... but people still live in them.... the house we lived in when i first moved in with my family was built in the same plantation style but had never been a plantation house....it had been built during world war 2 in the old fort ruger area - next to diamond head - to house military officers..... it was larger than a true plantation house too and had more rooms.... ...but it no longer exists.... it was torn down sometime in the mid 2000s when they cleared out all the old fort ruger buildings to make room for new development..... ....so much history destroyed and lost for a little extra money......
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